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04/02/2026

A night in my tent surrounded by these views could solve most of my problems right about now 🏕️🥾✨⛅️🌼🏔️

Majorly yearning for summer backpacking & all the joyful, awe-filled moments it brings me 🥹 Anyone else?!

04/01/2026

Hello April 👋🏼🌷🌿🌼☀️

I love this time of year so much, when spring is all around us with beautiful flowers blooming everywhere.

Last year I finally went to see the tulips at Roozengaarde in Mount Vernon, WA and was blown away! Walking through the flower fields is like stepping into a rainbow. Such a magical experience 🥹

Tell me your favorite thing about April or what you’re most looking forward to! 🌸

03/19/2026

Level up! 🎈🥳🎂

Spending my birthday someplace new has become my favorite way to celebrate! So far Kauai has been a dream & im not ready to wake up!

These are my intentions for the next year of life. The older I get the more I realize it’s the simple things that matter most & what I remember long into the future. Looking forward to what 34 has in store for me!

And thanks for being here for another year of adventures! 🩵

03/02/2026

Trying to live the life little me deserves 🥹🥾✈️💚

With each new adventure I experience, I always think about how freaking blown away younger Jess would be that we get to do these things & see so much of the world. It makes seemingly ordinary things like skiing at my home mountain or doing a quick after work hike feel extra special.

Especially when I do something I’ve dreamt of since I was a little kid or something I thought would be impossible for me, taking time to connect with that feeling my inner child would have gives me a deeper appreciation of the present moment & turns a cool experience into something I’ll never forget.

What would the younger version of you be most excited about in your current life?! 💛

03/01/2026

Happy March ☀️🌸🌿💐✨

The first day of March always feels like a reminder that lighter, brighter days are on the horizon, complete with all the beautiful flowers blooming in spring & summer!

Although I’m still hoping for more snow in the mountains, I’m excited for springtime blooms in the lowlands & of course alpine wildflowers in the mountains in a few short months!!

To get you excited too, here are a few of my favorite places to chase wildflowers in the spring & summer:
🏔️ Mount Raineir National Park
🌥️ Olympic National Park
🐐 Goat Rocks Wilderness (maybe the best imo!)
🌼 Columbia River Gorge

What are you looking forward to most now that spring is around the corner?

02/19/2026

Olympic gold🏅

The Olympic mountains sure are something else, especially at sunset 🥹 always deserving of a gold medal in my opinion!

One of my goals this winter, aside from skiing as much as possible (rip) was to watch sunset in the mountains. I’m so glad I got to do that here a few weeks ago!

If you were an Olympic judge, what would you give this sunset? It’s a 10/10 for me 🏆

📸 1 of me by 💛

02/13/2026

Valentine’s Day gift guide for the outdoorsy girl in your life 💌💘😘😜

Which one do you want the most?! Send it to your valentine for a little nudge 🙃

Cover 📸: .jpg 💝

02/09/2026

But is it really a bad day if you get to ski?!

It may be a truly abysmal winter, but skiing still brings me so much joy no matter the conditions!

I may have skied some of the worst ice I’ve ever experienced at Crystal yesterday (that’s saying a lot coming from an east coaster 😬) but there was still some great snow to be found, incredible views, & happiness all around just to be out there!

Let’s keep doing our snow dances & fingers crossed that things improve, but also still get out there if you can! 🤙🏻⛷️❄️

First slide inspired by a text from my dad the night before our ski trip when I was feeling sad about our snowpack 🥹 send this to someone who needs this reminder too! 💙

01/28/2026

Manifesting snowy conditions like this in the mountains 🥺✨❄️🤞🏼

I think I’m not alone when I say I’m worried, less about powder days and more about snowpack, salmon, forests, & future summers.

Here’s to hoping the mountains get what they need 🩵

01/26/2026

Happiest in Hobbiton 🥹🌿🌸💚

In honor of seeing the Lord of the Rings in theaters again for the 25th anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring, I’m finally revisiting photos from my dream trip to New Zealand last month!

Ever since I was a kid, I knew I had to travel to New Zealand someday to see where my favorite films of all time were filmed. ‘Someday’ finally became a reality & I still can’t get over how special it was to visit the Hobbiton film set in real life 🥰

Of all the fantasy worlds I’ve experienced through reading or film, this is the one I’ve always pictured myself happiest living in, particularly in the Shire. And after being there in real life, it’s safe to say I’m ready to move in to my own adorable hobbit hole 🥹

If you could live in any fantasy world, which would you choose?!

01/09/2026

Progression of a winter sunset ❄️🩷

From that first golden glow to the most beautiful pastel pinks & blues on snowy mountain peaks, winter sunsets are really something special.

I don’t often make it a priority to chase sunset in the winter, but looking back on this colorful winter scene from a few years ago has me wanting to make it a priority this year!

Would you brave the cold for a view like this? If so, add doing more winter sunset hikes to your 2026 bucket list with me! 🩵

01/05/2026

✨2026 intentions✨

If you’ve been here for a bit, you know I’m not a fan of goal setting for the new year. Goals work so well for some people, but they’ve always made me feel like I’m not good enough as is.

Instead, I love choosing an intention & word of the year to guide me. I listen to ’s intention setting podcast every year which prompts deep introspection (my fave!) before landing on your intention & word.

Last year, my word was connection. It really guided how I moved through 2025, leading me to the deeper connections I was hoping to cultivate here in Seattle.

As I reflected back on the previous year, I realized each of the close connections I’ve cultivated has something in common—I was brave enough to be my true self around these people, and they embraced & loved me for it.

This might sound like no big deal, but as someone who was bullied terribly & then spent most of my life deep in people pleasing, it’s huge. I lost who I really was for years, and now that I’ve found her, she deserves to shine through all the time, not just with a few safe people ☺️

So, my word of the year is authenticity! Not what I expected when I started my practice, but it feels oh so right 💛

If you read this far (thank you!) & haven’t done this practice before, I bet you’d love it!

What’s your word/intention/goal for 2026?!

📸 by a few people I can always be myself around 💜
1. .saxe 2. .in.wanderland 3.

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